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The youth network brings young people together to learn, lead and explore Kurdish heritage. It is forming.

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Before you begin The Kurdish Cooperation Organization is a federation of communities that learn from one another. It is not a university, claims no public authority and serves no government, party or faith body.Contested subject

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  1. Mari Toivanen (2019). Second Generation and Migrant Capital in the Transnational Space: The Case of Young Kurds in France. Social Inclusion. DOI 10.17645/si.v7i4.2328
  2. mehmet sirin filiz, ziyattin YILDIRIMÇAKAR, Naif Ergün (2026). Making Kurdish Visible: Digital Language Practices, Identity, and Belonging among Kurdish Youth in Türkiye. Zenodo. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21203826
  3. Marlies Casier (2024). Contesting Kurdish Identities in Sweden: Quest for Belonging among Middle Eastern Youth. Kurdish Studies Archive. DOI 10.1163/9789004700567_012
  4. Barzoo Eliassi (2013). Orientalization of the Kurds and Reproduction of Colonial Categorization by Kurdish Youth in Sweden. Contesting Kurdish Identities in Sweden. DOI 10.1057/9781137282088.0008
  5. Returning to Kirkuk from the perspective of the second generation of displaced Kurds: a sociological study (2026). Twejer. DOI 10.31918/twejer.2691kpf.08

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01What it offers

  • 01

    Heritage learning

    Language, history, music and dance for young people.

  • 02

    Leadership

    Practice in running projects and meetings within the charter.

  • 03

    Second-generation questions

    Space to talk about identity between two or more cultures.

  • 04

    Links across countries

    Exchange between young people in different Chapters.

02Who it is for

  • Teenagers
  • Young adults
  • Students
  • Second-generation Kurds

03How it works

Interest
young people or parents register interest.
Group
a youth group forms within a Community Cell.
Programme
young members pick the activities, and an adult lead is always present.
Review
the Chapter reviews safeguarding each year.

04What it always keeps

  • Safeguarding rules apply to every activity with minors
  • Parental consent is required for minors
  • No recruitment for any party, faction or armed actor
  • No photos of minors are published without consent
  • Every variety and faith is welcome

05Courses

06More in Development

  • Forming

    Women

    Women’s leadership, enterprise and mutual support, at home and abroad.

  • In preparation

    Elders

    Company, care information and the recording of memory for older Kurds.

  • In preparation

    Wellbeing

    Vetted referrals to culturally competent care, and literacy on trauma and resilience.

  • In preparation

    Newcomers

    A local guide from a Community Cell for your first months in a new country.

  • Forming

    Families and mother-tongue schools

    Support for families who pass on Kurdish and for weekend mother-tongue schools.

  • In preparation

    Convenings

    Festivals, lectures and gatherings, with private venues where safety requires it.

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APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Youth. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/development/youth/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Youth.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/development/youth/.

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@misc{kco2026_development_youth,
	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Youth},
	url = {https://kurds.global/development/youth/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/development/youth/},
}

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  1. Second Generation and Migrant Capital in the Transnational Space: The Case of Young Kurds in France

    Mari Toivanen · 2019 · Social Inclusion

    ArticleCrossrefDOAJOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  2. Making Kurdish Visible: Digital Language Practices, Identity, and Belonging among Kurdish Youth in Türkiye

    mehmet sirin filiz, ziyattin YILDIRIMÇAKAR, Naif Ergün · 2026 · Zenodo

    DatasetDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  3. Contesting Kurdish Identities in Sweden: Quest for Belonging among Middle Eastern Youth

    Marlies Casier · 2024 · Kurdish Studies Archive

    ChapterCrossrefOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  4. Orientalization of the Kurds and Reproduction of Colonial Categorization by Kurdish Youth in Sweden

    Barzoo Eliassi · 2013 · Contesting Kurdish Identities in Sweden

    ChapterCrossrefOpenAIRE

  5. Returning to Kirkuk from the perspective of the second generation of displaced Kurds: a sociological study

    2026 · Twejer

    ArticleCrossref

  6. Ethnic-Racial Socialization Through the Lens of German Young Adults of Turkish, Kurdish, East, and Southeast Asian Heritage.

    Aral T, Juang LP · 2025 · J Community Psychol

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

  7. Politics of privacy: forced migration and the spatial struggle of the Kurdish youth

    Haydar Darici · 2015 · The Kurdish Issue in Turkey

    ChapterCrossrefOpenAIRE

  8. Unregulated Desires: Anomie, the “Rainbow Underclass” and Second-Generation Alevi Kurdish Gangs in London

    Umit Cetin · 2024 · Kurdish Studies Archive

    ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  9. Navigating the Path to Europe: How Social Media Shapes Irregular Migration Decisions Among Kurdish Youth

    Rawezh Kamran Ahmad*1, Ismail Haji Zalmi1, Neaz Naif Mustafa2, Mohammed Satar Saeed3, Hataw Hussein1 · 2025 · International Journal of Scientific Research and Technology

    ArticleDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  10. Explanation of barriers and facilitators to promote Food and Nutrition Literacy (FNLit) in Kurdish children: a qualitative study.

    Ahmadpour M, Shakibazadeh E, Ghoochani BZ et al. · 2026 · BMC Nutr

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

  11. Inherited traumas in diaspora: postmemory, past-presencing and mobilisation of second-generation Kurds in Europe

    Bahar Baser, Mari Toivanen · 2026 · Remembering and Dealing with Violent Pasts

    ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  12. Mediatised Culturalisation Through Television: Second-Generation Alevi Kurds in London

    Kumru Berfin Emre Cetin · 2020 · Television in Turkey

    ChapterCrossref

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